The national average pump price of diesel fuel fell 1.3 cents to $3.035 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.
October 10, 2007BusinessLogistics
CSX鈥檚 Third-Quarter Income Rises
Eastern freight rail line CSX Corp.鈥檚 third-quarter earnings jumped 24% from a year earlier, the railroad said late Tuesday.
October 17, 2007BusinessGovernmentLogisticsTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Ryder Completes Canadian Acquisition
Ryder System said Wednesday it completed its acquisition Pollock NationaLease, one of the largest privately owned commercial truck leasing and rental companies in Canada, as well as Pollock's logistics operations.
October 10, 2007FuelBusinessGovernmentLogistics
CTA Calls for 鈥楥ollaborative Strategy鈥 for SoCal Ports
The California Trucking Association said it is advocating a 鈥渃ollaborative strategy鈥 with Southern California port officials to develop an alternative plan for trucks to meet emission goals.
October 9, 2007BusinessFuelLogistics
EPA Sets Program for Norfolk, Va., Area
The Environmental Protection Agency said it will expand a program to provide lower-cost loans for the purchase of cleaner-burning trucks to drivers in the Norfolk, Va., area.
October 9, 2007FuelBusinessLogisticsGovernment
Diesel Rises 1.6垄 to $3.048
Diesel fuel鈥檚 national average pump price rose 1.6 cents to $3.048 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
October 2, 2007BusinessGovernmentSafetyLogistics
Ryder Says Menlo Used Untested Technology in Winning Bid for $1.6 Bln. DOD 3PL Deal
The Department of Defense should not have awarded its largest-ever third-party logistics contract to Menlo Worldwide Government Services because one of Menlo鈥檚 subcontractors plans to use a freight management technology that was untested 鈥渋n a customer environment,鈥 according to a formal protest filed by Ryder Integrated Logistics.
October 1, 2007BusinessLogisticsGovernment
Diesel Tops $3 After Fourth Straight Increase
The national average price of retail diesel cracked $3 for the first time in nearly 13 months with a 6.8-cent-a-gallon price hike last week, the fourth straight weekly increase.
October 1, 2007BusinessLogisticsGovernment
Chicago Manufacturing Index Gains
Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region rose in September, the National Association of Purchasing Management said Friday.
September 28, 2007BusinessLogistics
CN Buys Midwest Rail Line
Canadian National Railway Co. has agreed to buy most of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. from U.S. Steel Corp. for $300 million to add capacity and bypass Chicago-area congestion, Bloomberg reported.
September 27, 2007